Heel tread pad for horseshoes



J. W. MILLER HEEL TREAD PAD FOR HORSESHOES April 29 1924. 1,492,525

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HEEL TREAD PAD FOR HORSESHOES.

Application filed April 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, J ESSE WILLIAM MIL- LER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Red ing, in the county of Goodhue and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Heel Tread Pad for Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation to resilient tread pads and has particular reference to aresilient heel tread pad for association with horseshoes.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a heel tread plate for horseshoes which is particularly designed for use in connection with drive calk shoes whereby the pad may be readily attached to the shoe and removed therefrom by an ordinary calk extractor.

As a further object the invention contemplates a heel tread pad which covers the entire width of the shoe and which includes an adjustable means of connection with the hoe whereby the same pad is capable of use with shoes of various sizes. v

The invention furthermore contemplates a resilient shoe pad which is so constructed and mounted on the shoe that the upper por tion thereof rests against the frog of the hoof, thus directly and yieldably supporting the heel or rear portion of the hoof from the roadbed.

As a still further object the invention aims to provide a resilient tread pad attachment for horseshoes which is extremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the ap. pended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a horseshoe with a tread pad constructed in accordance with the invention, attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view 1923. Serial No. 630,374.

taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. .4: is a fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line 14L of Fig. 1. r

Fig. 5 isa bottom plan view of modified form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view there through taken approximately on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, A designates a horseshoe of the drive calk type which is formed at the front or toe portion and adjacent the rear ends of the shoe with openings 13. As illustrated the drive calk C is driven into the opening B at the toe portion. In lieu of driving calks at the rear or heel portion of the shoe, the heel tread pad attachment constituting the invention, is used. The tread pad consists of a body 10 which preferably consists of a plurality of lifts, namely, an upper left 11, intermediate lift 12, and a lower lift 13. The lower lift is provided with a serrated or roughened lower tread surface 14 for the purpose of giving the pad a better purchase on the road orsurface over which the animal travels. The lifts when assembled are cut away as at 15 on their front faces and are provided with inclined brace or strengthening webs 16, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The entire pad conforms approximately to the width and configuration of the rear or heel portion of the shoe and the upper lift 11 is formed with a substantially triangular upstanding boss 17 which extends upwardly between the rear ends of the shoe for engagement with the frog of the hoof. The means of attachment consists of a pair of superposed plates 18 and 19 which are embedded in the pad body and preferably interposed respectively between the upper lift and intermediate' lift and the lower lift and intermediate lift. The plates at their opposite ends are formed with alined longitudinal slots 20, said slots being substantially transverse to the length of the shoe. Through the alined slots at each end of the shoe a. shank 21 extends, said shank having an enlarged head 22 at its lower end which underlies the lower plate 19 and said shank being further formed with a medial annular bead 23 which overlies the upper plate 18. The upper lift is provided with slots 24 at its opposite sides which aline with the slots 20 of the plates 18 and 19 and the upper end of each of the shanks extends t-herethrough for driving and frictional engagement within the drive calk opening B. In order to facilitate the driving of the shanks, the lower lift 13 is by overlapping plates 32 and 33, .one end of each plate being embedded and anchored in thesaid sections by means of a shank IllT which extends through the plate and projet-ts on the upper face of the section for engagement within the drive calk opening of the shoe. The overlapping portion of the plate 32 is apertured and receives therethrough rivets 35 which also extend through longitudinal slots 36 in the overlapping portion of the plate 33. By this arrangement relative adjustment between the sections of the pad body and the shanks 34 may be obtained to accommodate-the device to shoes of various widths.

I claim:

1. A heel tread pad for horseshoes coniprising a resilient pad body adapted to underlie and extend completely across the width of the shoe, and means for attaching the same to the shoe consisting of upwardly projecting shanks for frictionally driving into the drive calk receivin openings of the shoe, said shanks being re atively adjustable with respect to each other for attaching the device to shoes of various widths.

2. The combination with a horseshoe having' drive calk receiving openings therein, of a resilient heel tread pad therefor com prising a resilient pad body adapted to underlie and extend completely across the width of the rear of the shoe, a pair of elements projecting upwardly from said pad body for frictional driving engagement within the calk openings, and means for permitting of relative transverse adjustment oi said elements with respect to eachother to permit of the attachment of the device to shoes of various widths.

3. The combination with a horseshoe provided with drive calk receiving openings in the rear end thereof, of a heel tread pad therefor comprising a pair of transversely arranged pad body sections, each section having an upstanding element for frictional driving engagement in the calk receiving openings, and a connection between said sections for permitting relative lateral move ment therebetween to vary the spacing between said elements.

JESSE i VILLIAM MILLER. 

